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Once out of college, Buttigieg did research and press work for John Kerry's presidential campaign.  In 2007 Buttigieg was employed at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he realized that "despite all my education, I felt ignorant about how the private sector really worked." Buttigieg ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010, though at $68,772 per year he says it paid less than half of what he already was making. In 2009 and 2010 Buttigieg openly advocated support for the auto-industry bailout, but lost the election for state treasurer to the incumbent treasurer Richard Mourdock, who opposed the bailout.  

Once out of college, Buttigieg did research and press work for John Kerry's presidential campaign.  In 2007 Buttigieg was employed at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he realized that "despite all my education, I felt ignorant about how the private sector really worked." Buttigieg ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010, though at $68,772 per year he says it paid less than half of what he already was making. In 2009 and 2010 Buttigieg openly advocated support for the auto-industry bailout, but lost the election for state treasurer to the incumbent treasurer Richard Mourdock, who opposed the bailout.  

Buttigieg's next step on the political ladder was that of being elected mayor of heavily Democratic South Bend, Indiana, in which every mayor since 1972 has been a Democrat. As mayor he received praise from the ''Washington Post'' (which focused on him being a mayor who while serving six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a naval reservist),  for his plan on dealing with 1,000 vacant lots and abandoned buildings in 1,000 days. However, he also faced much criticism for handling a scandal (which developed shortly after his election) regarding illegal recordings by the police department of allegedly racist statements by certain officers against the black police chief, and which ended up involving the FBI. This resulted in an ongoing legal fight that has been the longest-running and most expensive one the city history, costing taxpayers more than $2 million thus far.  South Bend had a murder rate in 2015 that ranked it the 29th-worst among the 300 American cities with 100,000 people or more.  

Buttigieg's next step on the political ladder was that of being elected mayor of heavily Democratic South Bend, Indiana, in which [[single party control|every mayor since 1972]] has been a Democrat. Buttigieg won 80% with a total turnout of 8,000 in a city of 100,000. Buttigieg has overseen rising crime, homelessness, and drug use. Violent crimes are three times higher in the Democratic stronghold of South Bend than in the rest of Indiana, and property crimes five times higher.<ref>https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/in/south-bend/crime</ref>

Buttigieg endorsed Clinton late in the primary in 2016, and after Trump's election, Buttigieg announced he would run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, but withdrew due to lack of support.  

 

Buttigieg endorsed Clinton late in the primary in 2016, and after Trump's election, Buttigieg announced he would run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, running against [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Tom Perez]] but was defeated because he's [[white]].

Mainstream media promotion for Buttigieg being president began early, with ''New York Times'' columnist Frank Bruni writing a column in 2016 entitled “The First Gay President?” asserting it would be hard to find a more perfect Democratic candidate, who always “seems always to say just the right thing, in just the right tone.”<ref>''National Review'', March 22, 2019 [https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/pete-buttigieg-biography-views-democratic-presidential-candidate "Twenty things you probably didn’t know about Pete Buttigieg"]</ref>

Mainstream media promotion for Buttigieg being president began early, with ''New York Times'' columnist Frank Bruni writing a column in 2016 entitled “The First Gay President?” asserting it would be hard to find a more perfect Democratic candidate, who always “seems always to say just the right thing, in just the right tone.”<ref>''National Review'', March 22, 2019 [https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/pete-buttigieg-biography-views-democratic-presidential-candidate "Twenty things you probably didn’t know about Pete Buttigieg"]</ref>